Betrayal: Was Jonathan's death really an accident? Greed: Bill Mortson and Tiffany Tyler - bitter enemies with a shared passion. Wealth: The exclusive and the elite of Ballena Beach. Lust: Jeremy has a secret. Beauty: Coby Carson and Ellie O'Neal - the couple with everything? Love: Carlo Martinez and Reed Banks - in love, but not with each other. Temptation: Strings Attached. Seventeen year-old Jeremy Tyler is the puppet of Tiffany, his alcoholic mother. But when she is forced into rehab, Jeremy moves from the slums to the cliff-top estate of Katharine Tyler and Bill Mortson. Stunned by the wealth surrounding him, Jeremy thinks he's landed in paradise until the couple begins dictating his every move, and a late-night phone call identifies someone close as Jeremy's certain foe, and his father's murderer. And Jeremy tries to fit in with the elite of Ballena Beach High. He joins the swim team and dates exotic Reed Banks - the girl he hopes will obliterate his attraction to boys. But Coby Carson, a calculating swim champ who mimics the all American boy, has other plans for the besieged Jeremy, as does rebellious ranching scion Carlo Martinez. Pulled in so many directions, Jeremy seeks guidance from acid-tongued teen socialite Ellie O'Neal, and Arthur Blauefee, a mysteriously gifted man with an unforgettable tragedy in his own past - as well as a stunning, clandestine identity. But as Jeremy grows more comfortable with the veneer of a fabulous life, so grows his dissatisfaction, as well as the danger of immeasurable harm.
I love it when I can't put a book down. I literally stayed up the other night until 3AM reading this, and then picked it up with my coffee in the morning. I loved how this book had characters that lept off the page, and how it had mystery, suspense, love and lust, and the whole Pinocchio story line. I've been telling my friends about this book. You won't be disapointed that you bought this book, but you'll be sorry when it ends. I hear he's (Nolan) is writing a sequel which I can't wait for. And there's some really funny parts in this book and one part where I cried. fantastic novel. This author takes you to a whole world that you won't want to leave.
page turner, great story!!!!
